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Top state court is second to rule that gas stations can be liable for selling fuel to drunken drivers
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A beer bottle lies beside the I-25 on-ramp at St. Francis Drive in Santa Fe. A Supreme Court ruling makes gas stations liable for selling gas to drunken customers. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)
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In a case stemming from a fatal 2011 crash in McKinley County, the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled Monday that gas stations have a legal obligation not to sell fuel to an intoxicated driver.
A 3-1 majority of justices ruled that commercial gasoline vendors may be liable for selling gas to a drunken driver who injures others on the road.
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“Providing gasoline to an intoxicated driver is like providing car keys to an intoxicated driver,” Justice C. Shannon Bacon wrote for the majority. Chief Justice Michael E. Vigil and Justice David K. Thomson concurred.